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the 1977 law signed by jimmy carter that gives trump sweeping powers

Legal scholars and trade policy experts say that President Trump is right to claim broad powers to prohibit companies from trading with foreign countries thanks to law that has not garnered much attention outside the context of national security.. ..

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the president’s ‘emergency’ tariffs on mexican goods, explained

Congressional Republicans have might join Democrats in pushing back against President Donald Trump's vow to use emergency powers to impose sharp tax increase on Americans when they buy Mexican goods, unless and until Mexican government does more to stop migrants from reaching crossing U.S border.. ..

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steve vladeck: trump's border wall 'national emergency' is a symptom

But at hearing after hearing, on topics ranging from foreign affairs to health care to immigration, Task Force heard the same thing from both Republican and Democratic witnesses Executive overreach had become phenomenon of American government, and is rooted almost entirely Congress's abdication of its role. ..

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congress may only have the power to block part of trump's border wall

Congressional Democrats are looking to block President Trump from spending $6.7 in the budget to build physical barriers along the border, and they may lack path to thwart much of it.. ..

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steve vladeck: will trump use a national emergency to end the

The possibility that President Donald Trump might declare a national emergency so that he could gain access to the funds he'd need to build his border wall without appropriation from Congress has set off debate over the scope of National Emergencies Act of 1976. ..

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